Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

Applicable to 2.6.23-rc6 and to scsi-misc.

 drivers/scsi/Kconfig |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.23-rc6/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc6.orig/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc6/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -12,23 +12,31 @@ config SCSI
        depends on BLOCK
        select SCSI_DMA if HAS_DMA
        ---help---
-         If you want to use a SCSI hard disk, SCSI tape drive, SCSI CD-ROM or
-         any other SCSI device under Linux, say Y and make sure that you know
-         the name of your SCSI host adapter (the card inside your computer
-         that "speaks" the SCSI protocol, also called SCSI controller),
-         because you will be asked for it.
-
-         You also need to say Y here if you have a device which speaks
-         the SCSI protocol.  Examples of this include the parallel port
-         version of the IOMEGA ZIP drive, USB storage devices, Fibre
-         Channel, FireWire storage and the IDE-SCSI emulation driver.
+         This option enables core support for SCSI protocols.
+         You need it
+         - for classic parallel SCSI hardware,
+         - for newer SCSI transports such as Fibre Channel, FireWire storage,
+           or iSCSI,
+         - for non-SCSI hardware which speaks SCSI protocols, such as USB
+           storage devices or the parallel port version of Iomega Zip drive,
+         - for non-SCSI hardware whose drivers translate from and to SCSI
+           protocols, like the IDE-SCSI emulation driver and most notably
+           for all SATA drivers.
 
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
          <file:Documentation/scsi/scsi.txt>.
          The module will be called scsi_mod.
 
          However, do not compile this as a module if your root file system
-         (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI device.
+         (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI device
+         or on a device whose driver represents it as SCSI device, as
+         indicated above.  Choose Y in this case, or set up an initrd.
+
+         Subsequent options in this menu enable specific SCSI command set
+         support for harddisks, CD/DVD-ROM/R/W, tapes etc..  This menu also
+         presents options for specific SCSI controllers, while options for
+         some other SCSI transports and all non-SCSI controllers are located
+         in other menus (SATA, USB, FireWire etc.).
 
 config SCSI_DMA
        bool
@@ -120,7 +128,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_SR
        tristate "SCSI CDROM support"
        depends on SCSI
        ---help---
-         If you want to use a SCSI or FireWire CD-ROM under Linux,
+         If you want to use a SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire CD-ROM or DVD-ROM,
          say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO and the CDROM-HOWTO at
          <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also make sure to say
          Y or M to "ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system support" later.

-- 
Stefan Richter
-=====-=-=== =--= -===-
http://arcgraph.de/sr/

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